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The Latest Breaking News from the London Fire Brigade

70 firefighters called to blaze on Electric Avenue

A large plume of smoke could be seen rising from an area behind buildings on the busy south London shopping street.

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Inside London Fire Brigade's fight against wildfires amid fears hot summer will spark surge

Exclusive: Britain’s busiest fire and rescue service has warned of the ‘devastating’ impact blazes could have on the city’s parks and wildlife

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Revealed: London boroughs with most arson attacks as expert links rise in blazes to social unrest

Interactive map shows massive jump in arson attacks in Westminster, Sutton and Haringey

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Full details of what happened to mother suing TfL for £25m after suffering life-changing injuries falling under Tube train

Commuter who lost arm and leg ‘contributed to her own injuries’ according to TfL’s High Court defence

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Hottest day of the year as mercury hits 33.6C after 'tropical night' brings sleepless misery

It is expected to get hotter with forecasters predicting temperatures of 34C or even higher for the capital

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Which areas in London are at most risk of wildfires?

Amid scorching temperatures, some wildfires have broken out around London - but where is most likely to be hit?

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'A profound force for good in the world': Tributes to mother stabbed to death in Stoke Newington home before gas explosion

Charity worker Annabel Rook, 46, was found after a huge blast ‘shook’ the London street with man, 44, arrested on suspicion of murder

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Park Royal fire: Blaze under investigation after 100 firefighters tackle fire at west London industrial estate

Fifteen fire engines rushed to Sergo Park to try and stop the inferno in the early hours of Friday

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Mother and three children killed in house fire in north London as man arrested on suspicion of murder

A 41-year-old man is arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder, say police

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Murder arrest after three children and woman die in house fire

A 43-year-old woman, and three children, aged 15, eight and four, died at the scene in north-west London.

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Man in 70s arrested on suspicion of arson as woman dies in fire at retirement flats in Bromley

Man held on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life after fatal fire at three-storey supported living facility

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Local rugby club will hold firefighters killed in Bicester blaze ‘in our hearts’

Firefighters Jennie Logan, 30, and Martyn Sadler, 38; and business owner David Chester, 57, died in the major incident.

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Tributes paid to firefighters and man killed in former RAF base blaze

David Chester and firefighters Jennie Logan and Martyn Sadler died after the fire at Bicester Motion on Thursday.

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Woman and baby treated as 100 firefighters tackle Walthamstow blaze

More than 30 people were evacuated as 15 fire engines responded to the blaze.

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Keir Starmer’s ‘firebombed’ house in north London ‘being rented by his sister-in-law’

21-year-old suspect held on suspicion of starting fires at two homes and a car linked to Prime Minister

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Counter-terror police probe suspected arson attacks on homes linked to Keir Starmer

Nobody was hurt in the fires, but the prime minister’s door was damaged

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Londoners issued urgent warning to avoid barbecuing in parks this weekend as hot weather hits capital

The warning has been issued by the London Fire Brigade as temperatures look set to hit 25C this weekend

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Canary Wharf fire: Dozens evacuated as blaze rips through east London flat

The latest blaze is the third to break out at New Providence Wharf since 2021

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Hanwell fire: Man dies after blaze breaks out in home in west London

The Met Police and London Fire Brigade are investigating the cause of the fire

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Staff and patients evacuated as sixty firefighters tackle major blaze at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington

The fire, which broke out in a ground-floor store room, prompted eight emergency calls to the London Fire Brigade

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MP slams ‘incongruous’ fire brigade decision to ban book swaps on London Underground

Blackhorse Road station lost its community bookcase amid a fire safety reading row

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Busy Tube and Overground station latest to be hit by fire brigade ban on 'community book swap' scheme

Blackhorse Road loses free book exchange despite mayor’s pledge to intervene

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London weather: Met Office issues high temperature forecast for London today amid wildfires alert

The London Fire Brigade has warned there is an increased risk of wildfires as an unusually hot and dry spell of weather continues

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Dead dog found hanging by River Thames as RSPCA launches urgent appeal to trace owner

The gruesome discovery was made on Tuesday morning beneath a pathway near St George Wharf Pier in Vauxhall

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Dagenham fire: Black smoke seen across London after scrap metal and cars catch fire at industrial estate

Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters are attending a fire at the site at Willoughby Drive in Dagenham

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